At the 53th session of the UN Human Rights Council the UN ECOSOC-accredited NGO CAP-LC filed a written statement on the abusive activities of the anti-trafficking agency PROTEX targeting BAYS and other spiritual minorities.
From the World
Guru Jára and Plášková Deported to Czechia: Why They Should Be Released
They have already spent eight years in a horrible detention camp in the Philippines—which should be deducted from the terms to be served in Prague.
A Visit to Bergerac. 2. In Search of “Mere Christianity”
A visit to the exhibition “Bergerac and Protestantism” and a dialogue on “basic orthodoxy” as a need in our secular age.
A Visit to Bergerac. 1. Protestants, Catholics, and the State Between War and Peace
Bergerac is famous for literature, food—and bloody wars.
Honoring the Salmon: Removing California’s Klamath River Dams
The salmon is a sacred animal for the Native Nations of American Pacific Northwest. Deconstructing dams acknowledges it.
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza: Moderate Islamic Theologian in Trouble in Pakistan
He just escaped his fourth assassination attempt. The new amendments to the blasphemy law may send him in jail for life.
Anti-Cult Repression in Argentina 2. Salum, PROTEX, and the Buenos Aires Yoga School
It is time for the U.S. Department of State, USCIRF, and other international institutions to condemn human rights and freedom of religion abuses by PROTEX.
Anti-Cult Repression in Argentina 1. PROTEX and Pablo Salum
A special agency against human trafficking cooperates with a bizarre anti-cult activist who regards even the Catholic Carmelite nuns as a “cult.”
Belarus in the Footsteps of Russia: Pentecostal Church Demolished, Members Harassed
New Life Pentecostal Church was razed to the ground in June. Members are told they are not allowed to gather outdoors and not even online.
Sunita Marshall: Pakistani Media Pressuring Catholic Actress to Convert to Islam
Sunita Marshall has been happily married to Muslim actor Hassan Ahmed for 14 years. He is now under pressure too.